Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
KOLKATA, 2 SEPT: The state pollution control board has lodged an FIR against a person who operated an illegal biomedical waste dump yard in Chowbaga, South 24 Parganas and used to sell the waste from several big and reputed private hospitals and nursing homes of the city as plastic scrap …
In May 1833, Daniel Wilson, Calcutta's Lord Bishop, wrote to his family in England: "The weather is perfectly suffocating. None can pity us but those who know our sufferings. The mind, body, functions, tempers, words, and feelings are all morbidly affected…a constant heat which unnerves, depresses, annihilates the European mind …
KOLKATA, 19 AUG: While six out of 25 deer died when they were being relocated to Dobanki camp in the Sunderbans from Parmadan Deer Park in North 24-Parganas, three more were killed following a fight among themselves at the Parmadan Park today. The deer were being taken from Parmadan to …
KOLKATA, 18, Aug: The private bus and taxi owners will inform the state government about their decision regarding the transport strike shortly. The state transport minister Mr Ranjit Kundu today met leaders of taxi and bus owners to discuss the matter. Leaders of the taxi unions said they were not …
I have been to Chennai several times in the past but somehow never noticed the ‘Vivekanandar Illam’ on Marina Beach road. Recently while sifting through some old photographs of the trips, I came across a picture of the building, shot inadvertently while taking some panoramas. It was a large imposing …
KOLKATA, 17 AUG: A casual approach to a serious civic issue, the rampant misuse of groundwater, might lead to massive subsidence in the city in the near future, engineers and geologists spoken to by The Statesman have said. Though the cave-in on Council House Street today was due to the …
The state government on Monday doubled the subsidy on diesel for buses, minibuses and taxis to Rs 2 per litre and lifted the cap on the total subsidy offered to each transport operator.For a taxi, up to 20 litres of diesel was being subsidised per day. The limit for buses …
When the city is burning under the scorching sun, 50 air-conditioned buses are cooling their wheels in a slushy field.The Tata buses, acquired by the state transport department under JNNURM, are stranded in Barasat since April because conditions set by the government have kept potential operators away.
Kolkata, 9 Aug: With a drop in marine fish catch, the fish cultivation in ponds and tanks should be increased, vice-chancellor of West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences Prof CS Chakrabarti said today.
KOLKATA, 30 JULY: With Swine Flu claiming its third victim in the state in less than a fortnight, the state health department seems to have swung into action to combat the disease. But hitches remain. The department is yet to speak to the railway authorities to set up an isolation …
New Delhi, July 27: A 150-bed hospital coming up in Rajarhat will join a national cancer grid proposed by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to introduce uniform standards of care and reduce patient flow to its flagship hospital in Mumbai. The proposed grid will link the department
The H1N1 virus continued to invade Kolkata and infect its citizens as never before, with the State Health Ministry reporting 12 new cases on Tuesday. With this, the toll has gone up to 72 in the past month. An alarmed State Government on Tuesday decided to open quarantine wards in …
Seven more persons were affected by Swine Flu today, taking the total number of affected persons to 27. Yesterday, the disease claimed its first victim in the city. Health officials said that among those inflicted with the disease, the condition of one patient is critical and he has been admitted …
KOLKATA, 16 JULY: Confusion prevails over the actual number of patients suffering from Swine Flu in the state. While the principal of Beliaghata ID Hospital confirmed one positive case of Swine Flu today, a Press release issued by the state health department stated that no fresh cases were reported in …
KOLKATA, 16 JULY: While wildlife wing officials of the Forest Department are unsure of the status of threatened wildlife species, hundreds of rare birds are being sold at a fair, currently in progress at the Ramleela Maidan in Moulali (in SNS photo). Several makeshift stalls along the footpath sell birds …
